hi

[Former Member]

plz explain me whats the difference between the general item category group and item category group

[Former Member]

hi

Item category group determines the behaviour of the item,Whether it is value item or free item.

General item category group determines the category of the item ,Like trading goods,service goods or finished goods.

The item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. It defines, for example, that pricing does not take place for a free of charge item, such as a business gift; or that inventory management is not carried out for a service. When processing sales and distribution documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category. The system determines the item category based on the item category group of the material and the current business transaction, and proposes it in the respective document.

When creating the material types non-stock material and services, DIEN is proposed in both cases for the item category group, because the order processing for both material types is identical: for example, pricing is carried out for both, but no availability check.

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[Former Member]

Difference between General Item Category Group & Item Category Group.

General Item category Group is an extension item category group. Example: if one select item catagory group as NORM, but under item category group, NORM can further be classified as Service item, packagaing item or Normal item using "general item category group". Also, General item category group is maintained at client level, this field can be maintain from basic data view. Thus in case item category group is missing, then general item category group is used for item category determination.

item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. When processing sales and distribution documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category and proposes it in the respective document. Item category group is defined in the material master record.

Example, in the standard SAP System, the item category group NORM is defined for materials kept in stock and the group DIEN for services and non-stock material

Also Pl refer these url's where the same kind of query was handled.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dd/55fb13545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm40/helpdata/en/35/26c751afab52b9e10000009b38f974/content.htm

Regards,

Rajesh Banka